Phonetics and Pronunciation

Improve Your English Pronunciation & Phonetics

Speak English Clearly & Confidently – Learn British English Pronunciation

Do you struggle to understand fast English speakers or pronounce tricky words correctly? Many B2 & C1 learners find English pronunciation difficult because it’s not always spelled the way it sounds! That’s why I created this easy-to-follow phonetics video to help you:

Learn the 44 English phonemes (sounds in English)
Improve your word stress & intonation
Understand native speakers more easily
Pronounce English words naturally & correctly

Pronunciation is one of the fastest ways to improve fluency—but it’s hard to fix on your own. Contact me if you’d like expert tuition to help you improve your pronunciation.

English pronunciation: hear all the British English phonemes

Want to speak English more clearly and naturally? This video introduces all 44 phonemes of British English, helping English learners understand pronunciation, improve listening skills, and sound more fluent.

What you get with this video:

Listen to all 44 English phonemes spoken by a native British speaker
Download the IPA phonetic chart to practise on your own
Hear me speak and decide if you’d like to learn English with me

🎧 Press play to start improving your English pronunciation now!

Watch these short videos to to improve your English pronunciation

These short videos give you more example words for nine of the phonemes in British English. Is there a phoneme you’d particularly like to see a video of? Email me or sign up for updates and new videos!

Illustration of a woman teaching the phonetic alphabet with the word "HELLO" written in speech bubbles.

How the Phonetic Alphabet helps you

A minimalist image with a dark background and the phonetic symbol "/w/" in white, with the phrase "put the sound on!" in red below.

Click image for the phoneme /w/

A peach-colored background with the phonetic symbol "/uː/" in large black font centered, and text at the bottom that reads "put the sound on!" in red font.

Click image for the phoneme /U:/

Click image for the phoneme /æ/

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Click image for the phoneme /e/

A dark grey background with a stylized "play" icon and the phrase "put the sound on!" in red text, suggesting that audio playback is available and encouraged.

Click image for the phoneme /ɔ:/

A minimalist dark graphic with white forward slash symbols and the phrase "put the sound on!" in red lowercase letters indicating an audio-related prompt.

Click image for the phoneme /ɪ/

Graphic featuring phonetic symbol /a/ with the instruction 'put the sound on!' in red text at the bottom.

Click image for the phoneme /ə/

A minimalist pastel pink graphic with the phonetic symbol "/iː/" and the instruction "put the sound on!" at the bottom, how to pronounce English correctly /i:/

Click image for the phoneme /i:/

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